The great folks at Red Giant Software put together a useful resource for motion graphic designers called Red Giant People. Much like the now defunct Trapcode People website, Red Giant People is a place where anyone can submit their own After Effects presets. The library is already off to a good start and is a growing resource of free goodies.
A few years back I did some freelance design work for Animusic. I helped design a countdown timer graphic for their five-minute animations. From what I can see they are giving away two free five-minute countdown timers as direct downloads here: http://www.animusic.com/downloads/countdowns.php
XBreaker is a fantastic plug-in for fracturing geometry by Nitroman. It works with primitives, nurbs objects, splines and polygons. Integrating seamlessly with mograph and modynamics, it takes just a few quick clicks to set up an entire scene. Integrating seamlessly with mograph and modynamics, it takes just a few quick clicks to set up an entire scene. (Requires Cinema4D 11.5 and Mograph)
Download: XBreaker ver. 1.71 (Put the file in maxon/library/scripts)
Nitroman’s official website: Cinema4D Plugins
Pariah Studios: XBreaker updates
Version history: XBreaker forum thread
Tutorial videos: Nitroman’s YouTube
I made this fun light streak animation using Trapcode 2 and Knoll Light Factory. The clip is in full 720p and is 15 seconds in length.
This is the last part of my three part series on found projects files from the now defunct Trapcode-People.net website. Enjoy!
Download Trapcode People Part 3
alphabet.aep, aonfire.aep, aqua.aep, audioanimation.aep, audioanimation2.aep, blowingtext.aep, boxecho.aep, counter.aep, dis-texted.aep, disintegration.aep, dofbubblesae6.aep, dofdust.aep, fizz.aep, flowerstroke.aep, fractalglow.aep, fractualsun.aep, green_fluff.aep, ice.aep, impulse.aep, latitude.aep, lighttrail.aep, magictest.aep, meteor.aep, money.aep, multiswoosh.aep, myparticles.aep, nebula.aep, particlularwomen.aep, pastel_checkers.aep, photo_ball.aep, rain2.aep, reigneoffirekiki.aep, smoketrail.aep, snow.aep, sparklingbubblesver2.aep, spectralave.aep, spinning_disks.aep, waterfall.aep, word_1.aep
Download Trapcode People Part 1
Download Trapcode People Part 2
I found some more project files that were once hosted on the Trapcode-People.com website.
Here are all the screen shots from the files the zip contains:
arrows.aep, backlit.aep, constellations.aep, crazyrainbow.aep, creating design.aep, disintegration.aep, dofbubbles.aep, dust.aep, fallinglights.aep, flaresmoke.aep, fractalsun.aep, galaxy.aep, glitz.aep, glowball.aep, growth.aep, lighthouse.aep, lighttrail.aep, lighttrail2.aep, lines.aep, metaballs.aep, northernlights.aep, orbproject.aep, particlecolor.aep, particular4dfmcol.aep, phoenix.aep, seseesse.aep, sparkler.aep, style.aep
Trapcode People Resurrected Part 1
Trapcode People Resurrected Part 3
I found this great tutorial by Jerzy Drozda Jr to create an advanced 3D planet. So I took the .AEP file and modified it a little and rendered the video for you. It is 25 seconds long at 720p and 24fps. Enjoy.
We just launched our new JMDesign website and we wanted to celebrate by giving away a free 1080p video. This video is pretty wild. It is a 30 second video clip that includes an array of dazzling colored light glows, trails and sparkles. I hope you enjoy the video download and like our new website.
In 2007 the guys at Motionworks had a AE explosion challenge:
“In 2007 Motionwork ran a challenge to see who could create the best explosion using Adobe After Effects and Trapcode Particular. All 11 finalist projects have been compiled for you to use in your own projects.”
I rendered one of the explosions for you to download:
The DMN After Effects Channel had an article on Creating Animated Backgrounds so I thought I would create my own variation just in time for Christmas. It is a 20 second 720p loop with Red, Green and white light rays.
